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Topic: a crucial phase that could be the Achilles' heel of hiv... (Read 3770 times)

"first handshake", scientists hope to be able to study the precise part of the gp120 molecule that acts like the key that opens the CD4 lock, and so which could be the bull's-eye of the vaccine target...

i believe that if this leads to a vaccine that is "capable of eliciting a robust antibody response" then it can be used as a therapudic vaccine for those of us already infected

the article state....

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says that Dr Kwong's study provides a long-sought picture of the precise interaction between the gp120 surface protein of HIV and a neutralising antibody. "This finding could help in the development of an HIV vaccine capable of eliciting a robust antibody response," Dr Fauci says.

If so, then the Holy Grail of Aids medicine may have been finally found, with millions of lives saved with the help of an effective HIV vaccine.

Well, that (the CAPS thing) actually says more about the writers and editors of the Independent than it really does about the research in the story. That's something they should have caught right off the bat. I won't let their error get in the way of hoping, though. Thanks for the link.

ok so the article states that "Sugar molecules cover HIV in what amounts to a magic cloak that makes the virus invisible to the immune system"... does that mean we should stop eating sugar... would that help? lol... Im willing to give it a shot for a while.